Karkkila
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Karkkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrkːilɑ]; Swedish: Högfors) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
Neighbour municipalities are Lohja, Loppi, Tammela and Vihti.
Geography
Karkkila is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is inland water (Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/total area).[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number] (Error: Invalid time.).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karkkila:
- True Finns 25.2%
- Social Democratic Party 20.7%
- National Coalition Party 16.6%
- Left Alliance 14.8%
- Centre Party 9.2%
- Green League 7.2%
- Christian Democrats 3.8%
- Communist Party of Finland 0.6%
- Swedish People's Party 0.5%
Personalities
- Movie director Aki Kaurismäki lives in Karkkila.
- Famous Finnish curler Markku Uusipaavalniemi comes from Karkkila.
- Sampsa Astala, better known as Kita from the hard rock band Lordi, spent most of his teenage years living in Karkkila.
International relations
Twin towns - Sister cities
Karkkila was a member of the Douzelage, a unique town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[3][4] Karkkila was replaced by Asikkala as the Finnish town in the association in 2016.
Altea, Spain - 1991
Bad Kötzting, Germany - 1991
Bellagio, Italy - 1991
Bundoran, Ireland - 1991
Granville, France - 1991
Holstebro, Denmark - 1991
Houffalize, Belgium - 1991
Meerssen, the Netherlands - 1991
Niederanven, Luxembourg - 1991
Preveza, Greece - 1991
Sesimbra, Portugal - 1991
Sherborne, United Kingdom - 1991
Karkkila, Finland - 1997–2016
Oxelösund, Sweden - 1998
Judenburg, Austria - 1999
Chojna, Poland - 2004
Kőszeg, Hungary - 2004
Sigulda, Latvia - 2004
Sušice, Czech Republic - 2004
Türi, Estonia - 2004
Zvolen, Slovakia - 2007
Prienai, Lithuania - 2008
Marsaskala, Malta - 2009
Siret, Romania - 2010
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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total_areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
External links
Media related to Karkkila at Wikimedia Commons- Official site
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